California Files Suit Against Toyota
The state of California has fired what could be the first of many shots taken against the Toyota Motor Company by state Attorney General’s offices. An Orange County prosecutor filed the first consumer protection lawsuit related to Toyota Motor Corp.'s recall of eight million vehicles, claiming the company committed fraud by hiding the defects in its automobiles. While individual claims have been surfacing for some time, and lawyers for both sides have already conducted meetings to decide the best venue for the Toyota litigation, the Orange County suit is the first action taken on behalf of state
Mr. Tony Rackauckas, an Orange County, California prosecutor filed the suit Friday seeking damages for violations of the state's unfair business practices law. The suit alleges that Toyota knew about flaws in its vehicles that the issues its vehicles had with sudden acceleration and took steps to cover up the problems.
As has been its practice with much of the litigation news that has surfaced in the last few months Toyota did not immediately return a call for comment.
